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[Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 AT hotmail.com>]

One of my first books was Stevenson's A Child's Garden of Verses. I 
still, on a dark, cold winter morning, find myself reciting "In winter I 
get up and night, and dress by yellow candlelight..."

Lynn Wigglesworth

bob ford wrote:
> I guess your child is small , so anything Robert Louis Stevenson or Lewis 
> Carroll would be my favorites that I can remember reading as a small child( 
> L.C., to be re-read as adult) ....bobford
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> --- On Sun, 10/26/08, paxamicus AT earthlink.net  wrote:
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>> From: paxamicus AT earthlink.net 
>> Subject: Re: [Homestead] Things one could long for in the country
>> To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
>> Date: Sunday, October 26, 2008, 2:41 PM
>> There are great used book stores on the web. Abe books is
>> one I use if  
>> I want to pay for something but there's also paper back
>> book swap....I  
>> love that place cause more people get rid of good hardback
>> cook books  
>> and other goodies than you can shake a stick at. I am
>> thrilled there  
>> are also two used books stores in town.
>>
>> I just picked up about 30 used kids CLASSICS....and I do
>> mean old  
>> classics, from the Tompkins County Library Used book
>> store....The  
>> Bobbseys, a bunch of Alcotts, not just Little Women but the
>> Eight  
>> Cousins series I loved, a Little Prince with glorious
>> illustrations,  
>> ditto a whole Narnia series, the Five Little Peppers, just
>> amazing old  
>> books. We just finished Pinnochio...holy cats was it
>> different than  
>> the disneyfied version I remember. The Secret Garden was
>> the one  
>> previous to that, she was enthralled. Most of today's
>> childrens' books  
>> are so dumbed down, these are so nice to read aloud. Real
>> words!
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>>
>> If anyone would like to recommend their childhood favs,
>> I'd be grateful!
>>
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